Wednesday, October 12, 2011

The Morning After

First published at Rusty Typer (2010)

Karen bit into the fried egg sandwich, its taste as insipid as last night’s lover. The place had been a zoo, that she remembered. But why that loser? She was a nurse, graceful and caring. He preferred cowgirls, rough and raunchy. She gawked at her breakfast. Maybe ketchup would help.

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About Jim Harrington

I discovered flash fiction in 2007 and have read, written, studied, and agonized over the form since. My Six Questions For . . . blog (http://sixquestionsfor.blogspot.com) provides editors and publishers a place to “tell it like it is.”